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The inside of this butterfly's wings is an intense cobol blue. Painted from a photograph using the iPad app called Painterly.
I will need to explain this one as none of this looks like a number nine and neither is there nine items in the photo.
I got into computers quite a few years ago just for fun and learnt a bit of COBOL/Machine code programming and how to use them. So for this theme I had the idea of representing the number nine in a binary way.
For this I didn't really want to photograph writing on a piece of paper and after a while I came up with the idea of showing the binary 1's and 0's using nuts.
As a basic explanation computers understand only 1's and 0's, on and off. The more of these that are grouped together the more powerful the computer. There are 8 nuts in the photo and each nut represents a bit. The whole setup represents a byte.
Starting from the very right the value of the bit is 1. If the bit is turned on then this is added to the whole value of the byte. The next one to the left would be a value of 2. The one to the left of that is a value of 4. Each bit has a value of double the one to the right of it. So the value of bits in a byte are from the left - 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1.
In the photo the nuts that are facing the camera are representing a 0 and the ones turned sideways are representing 1.
So from the left 128 = 0, 64 = 0, 32 = 0, 16 = 0, 8 = 1, 4 = 0, 2 = 0 and 1 = 1. So here 8 plus 1 is equal to 9.
I used the smallest nuts that would fit in the photo and the whole setup is 7cm across.
I did do a version with an extra nut in the frame just in case this is not deemed valid.
Converted to Black and White as there was no colour in the photo anyway.
I couldn't resist and used f/9 as the aperture.
Source : www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/11058795064/in/set-7215762680...
discussion : www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
gallery of gary tausch : www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/
Laws of Physics
Laws of Nature
Laws of Common Sense
Laws of Man
Laws of Musk
Lords of COBOL
Laws of God
Laws of Beans and Beer
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country." – Charles E. Weller
Media:
* Wikipedia: Filler text
* Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson: Battlestar Galactica Theme (1978)
* Prometheus of Videos: Empire Strikes Back: Intro to Imperial Fleet & Executor / Arrival At Hoth (1980)
Tualatin Fred Meyer, 11:26 PM.
See also: January 20, 2025, 4:16 PM (2024)
IBM S360 im Rechenzentrum AEG-Hausgerätewerk Nürnberg 1971.
16 mal 32-Bit-Universalregister für 4096 Bytes (4 Kilobyte) Adressierung pro Register und einem Gesamtadressraum von 16 Megabyte.
Vier 2400-Bandlaufwerke und drei 2311-Plattenlaufwerke a 7,25 Megabyte (MB) .
Nachtschicht: Testen von Programmen.
Links: Bandstation - Band wechseln
Rechts: Console mit Drucker - Programme starten/steuern - Testergebnisse ausdrucken.
Nachtschicht beendet - draußen ist es bereits hell.
Beachte: Telefon mit Wählscheibe !
1970 bis 1999 Programmierer und EDV-Systementwickler bei AEG-Hausgeräte AG Nürnberg.
Unter der Fensterbank ein Lochkartenleser. Mit dem wurden die Lochkarten (Steuerkarten) der Programme/Jobs eingelesen, um diese zu steuern.
germany, bavaria
IBM S360 im Rechenzentrum AEG-Hausgerätewerk Nürnberg 1971
8 bit = 1 byte = 1 word
16 32-bit-register a 4096 Bytes
Adressraum 16 Megabyte
Betriebssystem DOS/360
System- und Programmiersprachen: Assembler (makro), Cobol, RPG.
Nachtschicht: Testen von Programmen
Man konnte mittels der Bitschalter (über Kartenleser)eingelesene eigene Programme manipulieren (Programmfehler beheben) und so die Programme austesten.
In den Fachabteilungen (kaufmännisch/technisch) wurden wir als "Lochkarte" oder " Hollerith" tituliert, später setzte sich der Begriff "EDV" (Elektronische Daten-Verarbeitung) allgemein durch und heute ist "IT" geläufig.
1970 bis 1999 Programmierer und EDV-Systementwickler bei AEG-Hausgeräte AG Nürnberg.
If you recognize these cards you either are old (like me) or work in a computer museum.
IBM 029 Punchcards were used to punch (with square holes) programs to be fed into the computers of the 60's and 70's in languages like Cobol and Fortran. Eighty rows available for punching data or program statements in Hollerith code. The last 8 were used for sequence numbers, handy for sorting them again when you dropped a box with 2000 cards (which has indeed happened to me).
The most characteristic of the cards is the piece cut off left top corner, maybe the SIM card inventors borrowed the idea from these cards and followed this example.
Gary Tausch for JKPP:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
Gary's JKPP thread:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
Gary's art:
Pastel, A3
For Julia Kay's Portrait Party:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
JKPP thread here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
Photo reference: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/11058795064/
I've been in the corporate programming biz since graduating from college with a degree in computer science in 1982. During my ten year tenure at Lever Brothers, I wrote at least 600 interactive and background CICS programs, most of which communicated with VSAM indexed files as well as TS and TD Queues and a 3270 emulator screen. I always found it somewhat strange that such a large corporation didn't use IBM's relational database DB2. Oh well... back to the Newsweek magazine.
Line contour practice.
Photo reference: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/5761861594/
JKPP discussion for Gary: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
Gary's Photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/
Canson 7x10 inch Mix Media paper, Pentel EnerGel 05 pen.
Watercolor
Photo reference: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/11058795064/
Cobol's work: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/
Fountain Pen
Photo Reference: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/11058795064/
Gary Tausch's Flickr Photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/cobol/
Gary's stream is here:
Julia Kay's portrait Party - here:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
Gary's discussion thread in JKPP - here:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
Youtube Videos. Watercolor. Blog. Portrait.
Video on youtube;
pintorsalazar.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/portrait-for-jkpp-a...
Acrylic on paper.
Portrait for Julia Kay portrait party:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
A nostalgic walk through my old unversity. This is the Bonython Hall where examinations were sometimes held (I distinctly remember a Cobol exam where I arrived late), and where my graduation ceremony was performed.
The flag features the university motto "Sub Cruce Lumen", which translates nicely into "The light of learning under the Southern Cross"
The Barred Owl Incident
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
In the winter of 2013 the Barred Owl pictured here became a brief cause celeb in the city of Bend, Oregon. He showed up mid winter on the Deschutes River not far from The Old Mill shopping complex. The photo on this page was taken directly across the river from Anthony’s Fish House, Victoria Secret, Banana Republic, et al. (The dead tree, however, which was the perfect perch for Bald Eagles has been removed.)
The first ones to see him, of course, were the most dedicated of the local birders—The Big Year crowd. They are the compulsive/obsessives who might catch themselves scanning tree tops at a friend’s funeral. Once posted on COBOL, Central Oregon Birders On Line, small groups of birders began making daily pilgrimages to Farewell to Bend Park to check out the owl and post updates on his status:
“The Barred Owl was on a lamp post near the playground.”
“The Barred Owl was by the dry pond just down from the condos.”
“The Barred Owl was on the second dead pine tree next to the Les Schwab Ampitheatre.”
“The Barred Owl was on the sign at the Fly Casting pond.”
“Is there more than one Barred Owl?”
For my part, I posted a photo of the owl on Flickr titled “The Ubiquitous Owl” based on its uncanny talent for making itself conspicuous. No matter that I would vow each day I went out to avoid taking any more photos of the Barred Owl. Inevitably someone would see my long lens, tap me on the shoulder and point out that there was an owl “over there.” This was a first—a wildlife subject which appeared to be stalking me.
Oh what a cooperative owl he was — letting people approach with short lenses (cell phone cameras included), capturing mice in plain view, posing along the busy walkway as crowds gathered — seeming almost to relish his growing celebrity status.
“What kind of owl is it?”
“A Barred Owl.”
“A Barn Owl?”
“No! Barred-d-d Owl! Bard, as in Shakespeare.”
“Shakespeare?”
Clearly this was an owl of the people; not the exclusive property of the birding elite. Next came the media, print and TV. The owl was being facebooked, tweeted, and youtubed. Friends who knew I took pictures of birds were now able to interject into our conversation, “Did you hear about the owl?”
Early one morning while waiting to capture Mergansers flying down the river I noticed a fellow on the opposite bank climbing up some rocks with his camera—a short lens on a SLR. Above him perched on the pinnacle of a large boulder was the celebrity owl. With my 400mm lens I took pictures of him approaching within four feet of his unflinching subject. He had this huge beaming smile on his face as he photographed the owl from every conceivable angle. His girl friend down on the trail seemed thoroughly delighted with the proceedings.
As a live-and-let-live kind of guy, I knew it would be a bad idea to post the pictures on the local list serve. The owl was perfectly capable of taking wing any time it wished. Nonetheless I was not the only witness. That evening one poster gossiped that the now infamous photographer had actually boasted of touching the owl. Others decried what was tantamount in their mind to the harassment of wildlife. Park signs stating the precise distance spectators were to remain from the Barred Owl were proposed. A OSU biologist stated unequivocally that this owl was either sick, injured or both. A careful on site evaluation the following day necessitated a complete retraction of his diagnosis. The owl appeared to be perfectly healthy. Regardless, the worm had turned. The owl was now at the center of controversy. The lawmakers would not be far behind.
Alas, we had all forgotten one of the great governing principles of the natural world—everything is always changing. After a week of warmer days as the sun shone longer and longer, the frost went out of the ground. The raptors which had been hunting for voles in the riparian zones along rivers, ditches and canals had dispersed. There were rodents everywhere—in farm fields and low lying woods. My bet is that our friendly neighborhood owl, who is long gone, has reverted back to his old wild self now that hunger and necessity no longer force him into our company. We provided a great shield from the thuggish town jays and crows as he gleaned rodents to his heart’s delight from the man-made natural habitat (oxymoron) along our river walk. Come January 2014 I’ll be anxiously awaiting his return.
Well, the Barred Owl never returned and I heard a tragic ending to the story--that it was hit by a truck while flying across the road. I am not sure if this is true and I am not curious.
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
Ballpoint pen. First sketch 10 min. Great character. Soon a watercolor...
Oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm // 16,4 by 13,2 inches.
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chalk-sketch in Sketchbook
Cobol/Gary Tausch: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762681129...
A little experiment using my drawing from a couple days ago. I've been toying with Adobe Ideas, Illustrator and Photoshop a bit, trying to figure out how they all interface with one another. I wanted to see how a painting created in another app would interface, once imported into Ideas. So here's what I did:
I imported my drawing (originally painted with Procreate a couple days ago, into Adobe Ideas).
Once the painting was in Ideas, I opened the file on my computer in Illustrator. The files are automatically synced with my computer through the Creative Cloud subscription.
In Illustrator, I chose the "trace image" feature.
I then saved the result as a .PDF which I opened in Photoshop.
The final colors were added in Photoshop with a paint brush.